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Date:      Sun, 4 Jun 2006 11:14:57 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wolfgang Zenker <wolfgang@lyxys.ka.sub.org>
To:        Kaiwai Gardiner <kaiwai.gardiner@gmail.com>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org, doug <doug@fledge.watson.org>, Manfred Lotz <manfred.lotz@arcor.de>
Subject:   Re: xorg build failed
Message-ID:  <200606040914.k549Evl9094395@juno.lyxys.ka.sub.org>
In-Reply-To: <d35edc910606032102y6b89b650sfae9d33c228fe1ba@mail.gmail.com>

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> On 6/3/06, doug <doug@fledge.watson.org> wrote:
>> Unless you have a reason to want to modify the source, why not use the
>> package:

>>     setenv PACKAGEROOT ftp://ftp<n>.FreeBSD.org
>>     pkg_add -r xorg

>> will get you 6.9.0_1 in a few minutes

> There have been updates released  after it was released - nothing wrong with
> building from the source, the problem is when people compile from all weird
> locations, with all weird settings, then complain that the shit hit the fan.

In this case the OP just used WRKDIRPREFIX, which is the documented way
of having your port build directories outside /usr/ports. I wouldn't call
that "compile from all weird locations, with all weird settings".

Wolfgang



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